Rule 30-9. Information Allowed at Detention Hearing

At the detention hearing the judicial authority may consider any information which is material and relevant to the issue of detention. Probable cause may be proven by sworn affidavit in lieu of testimony. The probation department may ascertain such factors as might pertain to any need for detention. Any written reports or social records made available to the judicial authority shall be made available to counsel of record and, in the absence of counsel, to the parties unless the judicial authority finds that the availability of such materials would be psychologically destructive to the relationship between members of the family. Either through direct access or by quotation or summation by the judicial authority, the parties should be made aware of such findings in the reports or social records as directly enter into the judicial authority's decision.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 1032.1 (1).) (Amended June 24,